Re: [Pyx-user] join line segments in graph

[Gert I. <Gert.Ingold@Physik.Uni-Augsburg.DE>]

On Mon, Mar 17, 2003 at 08:37:45AM +0100, Andre Wobst wrote:
Hi André,

> Your observation is correct. The overshooting arises from the default
> stroke attributes linecap.butt + miterlimit.lessthan11deg. These are,
> by the way, the postscript defaults. Right now you may set these
> stroke attributes manually (using the lineattrs attribute of
> graph.line (or graph.symbol)). You're right, that PyXs default, having
> only an interator for the linestyle, is not a good solution. Instead
> your problem should be addressed adequately by better default
> attributes. Expect a change of these defaults for lineattrs soon. BTW:
> What do would you suggest to be the right combination of attributes?

how about a round join? This would at least make sense if data points are
thought of being represented by small circles. In addition, there will be
no overshooting so that even without symbols the visual impression is
correct.

Best regards,
Gert

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